Fresh violence in Bengal's Bhatpara-Kankinara area

Troubled Bhatpara-Kankinara region in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district witnessed fresh violence on Monday when some bombs were exploded in the area, police said.

There were reports of sporadic explosion of bombs in the area since Saturday evening, they said, adding two persons have been arrested in connection with it.

Fifty crude bombs were recovered by the police Monday morning from an abandoned railway housing complex in the area, which had witnessed repeated clashes between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) since the Lok Sabha election results in May.

Miscreants allegedly ransacked the Bhatpara Municipal Matri Sadan (maternity home) and hurled bombs in front of the hospital, creating panic among patients. They also hurled bombs at different places of Kankinara during the day.

Local residents put up a rail blockade at Kankinara station for about two hours to protest against the violence, leading to disruption of train services in Sealdah-Ranaghat division of the Eastern Railway.

Ajoy Thakur, Deputy Commissioner (Zone 1) of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate said, "Some miscreants hurled bombs in three places on Monday, but now the situation is under control."